catkin software package provides Low-level build system macros and infrastructure for Robot OS, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install catkin
catkin is installed in your system.
Make ensure the catkin package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep catkin *
You will get with catkin package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | catkin |
| Version | 0.6.16-4 |
| Description | Low-level build system macros and infrastructure for Robot OS |
| Sub Section | Devel |